Beat a 19883 Jolteon with a rival player.
This is what Pokemon Go is all about! Coming together no matter the team.
We took it out on the first try. I used: 2246 SC/Shadow Ball Gengar, 3171 DT/O Dragonite, 2610 MS/EQ Rhydon, & 2506 RT/EQ Golem. My 5th and 6th Pokemon (2111 Donphan C/EQ & 2829 MS/SE Rhydon) did not see any action.
No TM's from the level 3 raid. I did get 4 rare candies. though.
I spotted the guy who I was battling the Jolteon with because he let his train pass by and was focused on the phone.
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Had a similar experience this evening. Out for a walk in my local poke park with 3 gyms just as a tier 3 Vaporeon raid started. Called my husband, but he and the kids didn't want to join me. But I didn't want to let my raid pass go to waste so I decided to try it solo. I'm level 35 and have some decent mon. Did some research and lined up my counters.
I got so close the first round, but had wasted time swapping out d'nite for exeggutor - SB did a lot of damage. So I decided to try again, this time with all exeggutor.
To my surprise, two Valor dudes (one whose name I recognized, having kicked him out of the gym earlier today) joined me in the lobby and we fought it together. No problem at all, we defeated it easily and I got my first TM out of it. This was the first time I encountered local players, and it was a good experience.
P.S. I wonder if they were impressed I tried it solo (one was level 31, the other 28)?